Dawn City was a capital city, and it was also the first colonial city on Planet Norma. Xiao Lin had always thought that Dawn Academy where the name Dawn City came from, but it turned out that Dawn City was actually established before the academy.
This was quite different from Judge Academy. The Americans had already sought help from the British in establishing a colonist academy before they even declared independence on Earth, while New Washington was only built after their independence.
Dawn City had a very long history, practically having witnessed all two hundred plus years of their history on Planet Norma. Even if their expansion was halted thanks to the war against the orcs, it remained one of the largest and greatest cities on the planet.
The city had over a million inhabitants. The number might not be much on Earth, but in the New World, even counting the native cities, there were very few cities that would even reach a million in population.